Ayumi Nagase

Ayumi Nagase is an Associate Professor at Sonoma State University, specializing in educational research with a focus on early childhood education, parenting self-efficacy, and cross-cultural factors affecting family-school dynamics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and has conducted comparative studies across the US, Korea, and Japan.

• Ph.D. (2015), M.A. (2010) - University of California, Berkeley
• M.A. (2008) - San Francisco State University
• B.A. (2000) - Kumamoto University, Japan

Her research examines the interplay between sociocultural contexts and educational practices, particularly in preschool teacher well-being, family-school collaboration, and parenting behaviors. She employs mixed-methods approaches including quantitative data analysis and community-based participatory research.

Recent publications highlight cross-cultural comparisons of teacher stress and self-efficacy, with methodological contributions to parenting scale validation. She actively presents at international conferences such as the World Association for Infant Mental Health and International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology.